Councilor District 1
Jack
Henderson, 53, is retired from AT&T, where he worked for 25
years.
He and his wife, Dorothy, have three grown children and are active
in the First Baptist Church of North Tulsa.
Henderson, a lifelong Tulsan, said it is his love for the city and
his desire to make it better that has kept him so involved.
He has worked with Housing and Urban Development projects, the
northside YWCA and the city's policy oversight committee for
Community Development Block Grant funding.
He also has taken leadership roles with the local chapters of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and 100
Black Men of America.
He also was involved in changing Tulsa's commission form of
government to the Mayor-City Council, which was enacted in
1990.